Richard Kim Lau, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Honolulu, HI
Richard Kim Lau, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Honolulu, Hawaii, and NPI 1609951797, issued on Oct 26, 2006. Check the license (Hawaii 5629, as entered in NPPES) on the Hawaii Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Kim Lau
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 5629 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1441 Kapiolani Blvd Ste 608, Honolulu, HI 96814
- Phone
- (808) 955-3636
- Enumerated
- Oct 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (808) 943-2777
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060111000558); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Hawaii John A. Burns School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1441 Kapiolani Blvd Ste 608
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard Kim Lau in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersHawaii Medical Board
Search for license 5629Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,780 Medicare Part D claims for 440 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 22 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate513 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium507 claims
- Pravastatin Sodium341 claims
- Losartan Potassium211 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate-Benazepril203 claims
- Metformin Hcl186 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $474.85
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Richard Kim Lau among 902 internal medicine physician records in Hawaii
Richard Kim Lau, MD is one of 902 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Hawaii. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2001 among the 491 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Hawaii practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
579 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Honolulu
They are 579 of the 12,408 NPPES records with a practice address in Honolulu, and 902 internal medicine physician records in Hawaii.
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Common questions
What is Richard Kim Lau, MD's NPI number?
Richard Kim Lau, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609951797, issued on Oct 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Kim Lau, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1441 Kapiolani Blvd Ste 608, Honolulu, HI, 96814. Phone: (808) 955-3636. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Kim Lau, MD's license?
NPPES lists Hawaii license number 5629, as entered by the provider. Search the Hawaii Medical Board at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/medical/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Kim Lau, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Kim Lau, MD had 5,780 Medicare Part D claims for 440 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.